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Title: Bert Stemsrud Raking Hay
Description: Bert Stemsrud greasing his side delivery rake on his farm in Section 16, Pleasant Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, (north of Ewart). Photograph taken in the 1960s.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:20650

Title: Bob Anderson Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: Bob Anderson and his wife, Lorraine, moved to Grinnell in 1953, where he owned and operated Grinnell Office Supply. From 1980 to 1993 he owned and operated Boklada, a downtown bookstore. Anderson was mayor of Grinnell from 1985 until his death in 1999. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
Date Created: 1993
PID: grinnell:26713

Title: Bohstedt Lake Home
Description: Vacation home of the Ed and Ann Bohstedt family located at 306 E. Lake Drive, Ventura, Iowa, on Clear Lake.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:21194

Title: Broad Street Parking to End
Description: Photograph of cars parked in the middle of Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1961. A news clipping attached to the photo reads, "Broad Street parking to end. Grinnell City Council voted Monday night to end center street parking on a 2-block stretch of Broad Street between Fifth Avenue and Commercial. The center of the 2-block stretch of Broad Street has been used for parking for about 12 years." A handwritten date of April 14, 1961, has been added. George and Rolf Hardware Store and the New Home Bakery are visible in the background.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:11904

Title: Burling Library
Description: View of the south balcony of Burling Library on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. Burling was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and was built in 1959. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-3, Grinnell College.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:11821

Title: Camp Fire Girls Golden Jubilee
Description: The Camp Fire Girls Golden Jubilee as celebrated in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1960.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:21174

Title: Camp Fire Girls Singing
Description: Camp Fire Girls gather around the piano at the Ed and Ann Bohstedt home in Grinnell, Iowa. From left to right, standing: Cynthia Bohstedt, Nancy Johnson, unidentified, unidentified, Patsy Paulson, unidentified. Girls sitting at the piano are unidentified.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:21173

Title: Camp Fire Girls at the Long Home Marker
Description: Camp Fire Girls examine the Long Home plaque on Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Cynthia Bohstedt is at left and Nancy Johnson is second from left.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:21172

Title: Charles Delong Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: Charles W. DeLong was born in Gary, Indiana, in 1910. He attended Grinnell College graduating with the Class of 1931. He was a business man who sold gloves for the glove factory, manufactured sportswear, and, later, stadium seats. He and his wife, Katherine Coggeshall, had four children. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
Date Created: 1993
PID: grinnell:26718

Title: Charles Hink with His Inventions
Description: Grinnell inventor, Charles Hink, is pictured at the controls of a battery-driven garden plow he made from Model A Ford parts and other scrap. At the left is a vehicle he created from an early 1900s car and converted from gas to electric power. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1966
PID: grinnell:13006